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The Futile Quest to Build a “Liberal Joe Rogan” (theintercept.com)
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Experts question Democrats’ $20 million plan to make content with an “aspirational vision of manhood that aligns with Democratic values.”

Archived version: https://archive.is/20250531134315/https://theintercept.com/2025/05/31/liberal-joe-rogan-democrats-men/

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This being run by democrats I expect it to fail spectacularly and completely miss all the marks. Honestly I think there already is a semi equivalent for center right liberals and those of us on the left somewhat. Adam Conover has a lot of the same discussions. Bringing on Experts Etc onto his podcast. But the problem is he isn't populist. And doesn't push back against people who know what they're talking about. Or pretend to give people simple answers to complex problems. Far from it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Doesn't Bernie Sanders have a podcast? Think they should just use his.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Part of the reason I mentioned Conover was the extreme coincidental similarities. Rogan thought being a meathead was being a comedian. Adam Conover actually is a comedian. Both have been TV personalities good or bad. Both have podcasts where they invite on interesting people and have discussions.

The problem with Sanders are largely things out of his control. Things like his age. And his duty to his constituents. Being a media personality would likely get in the way of serving the people who elected him and I think that's a no-go for him.